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Belém

Parish of the municipality of Lisboa (Lisboa), district of Lisboa.

Belém had 16.546 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 53,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 6,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa.

Population (inh.)
  • 9.658 – 13.850
  • 13.956 – 18.028
  • 20.267 – 23.261
  • 23.645 – 33.309
  • 34.076 – 46.334
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.586,4 – 4.114,3
  • 4.405,9 – 4.912,5
  • 4.967,4 – 7.013,1
  • 7.037,2 – 7.943,1
  • 10.507,4 – 15.634,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,5 – 2,1
  • 2,2 – 2,9
  • 3,0 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 6,6
  • 7,1 – 10,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Lisboa

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ajuda14.3062,884.967,4
2Alcântara13.8505,072.731,8
3Alvalade33.3095,346.237,6
4Areeiro21.1601,7212.302,3
5Arroios33.3022,1315.634,7
6Avenidas Novas23.2612,997.779,6
7Beato12.1832,484.912,5
8Belém16.54610,431.586,4
9Benfica35.3628,024.409,2
10Campo de Ourique22.1401,6513.418,2
11Campolide14.7872,775.338,3
12Carnide18.0283,694.885,6
13Estrela20.2674,604.405,9
14Lumiar46.3346,577.052,4
15Marvila35.4797,124.983,0
16Misericórdia9.6582,194.410,1
17Olivais32.1798,093.977,6
18Parque das Nações22.3825,444.114,3
19Penha de França28.4752,7110.507,4
20Santa Clara23.6453,367.037,2
21Santa Maria Maior10.0513,013.339,2
22Santo António11.0601,497.422,8
23São Domingos de Benfica34.0764,297.943,1
24São Vicente13.9561,997.013,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110658
Resident population (2021)
16.546
Area
10,43 km²
Density
1.586,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
16th of 24

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
7.574 (45,8%)
Women
8.972 (54,2%)
Portuguese nationality
15.368 (92,9%)
Foreign nationality
1.178 (7,1%)
Ageing index
177,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
7.155
Average household size *
2,28 people
Dwellings
9.389
Classic family dwellings
9.374
Buildings
2.885
Buildings with 7 or more floors
134
With higher education (15+)
53,0% (7.455)
Unemployment rate *
5,73% (H 5,74% · M 5,72%)
Active / employed population
7.467 / 7.039

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.468 (14,9%); 15-24 years: 1.729 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 7.958 (48,1%); 65+ years: 4.391 (26,5%)0-142.468 · 14,9%15-241.729 · 10,4%25-647.958 · 48,1%65+4.391 · 26,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (16.546).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.4681.2311.237
15-24 years1.729931798
25-64 years7.9583.6784.280
65+ years4.3911.7342.657

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Ajuda · União das freguesias de Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo (Oeiras) · Alcântara · Benfica

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa
6,7 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
13.758
Voters
8.776
Turnout
63,79% (2021: 58,31%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025		5.05857,63%8
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA		2.34626,73%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		6277,14%1
Blank votes1651,88%
Null votes5806,61%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: de azul, baluarte com sua torre em prata, tudo lavrado de negro, sendo a torre iluminada a vermelho, movente de uma campanha ondada de prata e azul, de cinco tiras ondadas; em chefe, caranguejo de ouro segurando nas pinças cruz latina de prata e armação de moinho de prata, cordoada e vestida do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro «Belém».

Flag: de amarelo; cordões e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lanças douradas.

Seal: nos termos do art.º 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, de 7 de agosto, com a legenda «Freguesia de Belém».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 248/2015, Diário da República n.º 61/2015, Série II de 2015-03-27 (issuer: Freguesia de Belém). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo dos Jerónimos, N.º 3 - R/c
Lisboa
1400-209 LISBOA
Telephone
213637629
Fax
213633520
Email
secretaria@jf-belem.pt
Website
www.jf-belem.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
38,70000, -9,20000
Official website
www.jf-belem.pt
Wikipedia
Belém (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q18500330

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026